Germaine Lawrence Campus

The three-acre Youth Villages-Germaine Lawrence Campus, located on a quiet, tree-lined street in a residential neighborhood of Arlington, Mass., provides mental and behavioral health treatment and education to girls ages 12-18 with serious emotional and behavioral issues.

Our campus has more than 30 years experience helping girls whose behavior is difficult to manage in the classroom, at home or in the community.

The Youth Villages-Germaine Lawrence Merck Treatment Center specializes in helping girls with clinically complex and treatment-resistant issues who may not have had success in other treatment programs.

All of our renowned programs are accredited by the Council on Accreditation, approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

Our goal is to help girls learn to live successfully at home and in the community.

If you are considering referring a child to our campus or our Merck Treatment Center, please learn about admission guidelines, location and funding considerations and complete a brief referral questionnaire.

To make a referral to any of our Youth Villages-Germaine Lawrence Campus programs, please contact Kristin Vander Els at 781-859-1288 or by email.

Referrals

To make a referral to any of our Youth Villages-Germaine Lawrence Campus programs, please contact Kristin Vander Els at 781-859-1288 or by email.

About Us

Youth Villages is a private nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping emotionally and behaviorally
troubled children and their families live successfully.
We help more than 23,000 children and families each year
from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. Our
Evidentiary Family Restoration™ approach involves
intensive work with the child and family, a focus on
measuring outcomes, keeping children in the community whenever
safely possible, and providing accountability to families and
funders. The EFR approach produces lasting success for children
with success rates twice that of traditional services at one-third
the cost of traditional care.